7 Wonders FAQ
107 questions players ask · Updated Nov 7, 2026 · Full rulebook
Setup
Turn structure and the last card
- Do all players choose and reveal cards at the same time, or can you react to others?
- In which direction do hands pass in each Age?
- What happens to the last card in your hand on the sixth turn?
- Can you sell a card for 3 coins even when you could build it?
- Are cards used for wonder stages or sold shown to other players?
- Can players look through the discard pile whenever they like?
Buying resources and trade
- Can you spend coins you gain this turn, such as from selling or from a neighbour's purchase, to pay for trade the same turn?
- Can you buy a resource from a card your neighbour builds this same turn?
- What does it cost to buy a resource from a neighbour, and do you pay per card or per resource?
- Can you buy more units of a resource than your neighbour produces?
- Which resources can neighbours buy from my city?
- If both neighbours make a resource I need, do I get it for free?
- Can I buy a resource from a neighbour that I already produce myself?
- Can I pay a neighbour more than the price to give them coins?
- Do Trading Post and Marketplace give coins when built, and do they work on both neighbours?
Constructing buildings and chains
- Can one player build both East and West Trading Post?
- Can you build two buildings with the same name?
- Are resources used to build spent or lost?
- Can one chain symbol unlock two free builds?
- To build an Age III card free through a chain, do I need the Age I card too?
- Do yellow cards with coin symbols, such as Tavern, Vineyard or Arena, pay every turn?
- Does the Lighthouse count itself for its coins and victory points?
Wonders
- Can any card from my hand be used to build a wonder stage?
- Can I buy missing resources from neighbours to pay for a wonder stage?
- Does the resource printed on a wonder board count as a card for effects that count brown or grey cards?
- Do a wonder's powers work before the stage that grants them is built?
- How does Halikarnassos' discard-pile build work?
- Is Halikarnassos' free build a one-time use per stage or does it recur each Age?
- If several players take from the discard pile on the same turn, who goes first?
- With Babylon's extra last card, are resources and coins reset between the sixth and seventh cards?
- Does Babylon's extra last card work in every Age or only the one in which it was built?
- How does Olympia's free build work?
- How does Olympia B's third stage copy a Guild?
Military conflicts
Scoring and the end of the game
- How do leftover coins score at the end of the game?
- How are ties broken at the end of the game?
- How is the green science scoring calculated?
- Can I have more than four of the same science symbol?
- When do I pick the symbol for the Scientists Guild or Babylon's science stage?
- How do Spies, Shipowners, Strategists and Builders Guilds count?
- When are victory points on yellow and purple cards counted, and which cards do they look at?
Two-player game and the Free City
7 Wonders: LeadersExpansion
- How do Leaders work in 7 Wonders: Leaders?
- Do Leaders count as coloured cards for guilds and scoring?
- Can Halikarnassos or Solomon take a discarded Leader?
- If I cannot afford a Leader, can I go into debt to recruit it?
- Can I use a Leader to build a wonder stage, and buy resources to do it, during the recruitment phase?
- Can Rome side B's extra Leader be used for a wonder stage or discarded for coins, and is the draw random?
- How does Solomon work, and can he be used more than once?
- Does a Leader buried by Abu Simbel count for the Diplomats Guild?
- How do Courtesan's Guild and Olympia B copy Leaders and Guilds?
- How does Tomyris work when two Tomyris players are involved?
- How do Hatshepsut and Bilkis interact with buying resources?
- How do Nero, Vitruv, Justinian and Plato score?
- How do Hiram and Maecenas work?
7 Wonders: CitiesExpansion
- Can I play Cities without the Leaders expansion?
- How does the Secret Warehouse work?
- What can the Black Market produce?
- When do you take debt tokens in Cities, and can they be paid off?
- How do Diplomacy tokens work at conflict time?
- How does Clandestine Dock work with Trading Post?
- How do Berenice and Diocletian work?
7 Wonders: ArmadaExpansion
- In Armada, can resources or coins from a card played this turn pay for its naval construction or a fleet move?
- Is a Naval Construction cost paid on top of the card cost, and can a free build skip it?
- How do Armada taxes work?
- Does Foggy Island or commercial level protect against Cities coin losses?
- Does a Diplomacy token protect you from Naval Conflicts or an Incursion?
- How do Naval Victory and Defeat tokens work?
- How is naval strength counted on the red track and the other fleets?
- Does the 10-point Armada guild cap apply to every guild, and to Leaders or copied effects?
- Do Armada's new science icons, masks and diamonds count as scientific symbols?
- How many cards do players get in Armada with Cities?
- Can Armada be played with two players?
- What can I do with an Armada card, and can I discard an island card?
- Does Tomyris' token return apply to Armada conflicts with non-neighbours?
7 Wonders: BabelExpansion
- Does Babel need the base game, and can it be combined with Leaders and Cities?
- In what order are Babel tiles placed when several are built in the same turn?
- Must I pay a Babel chain tax when I build with a chain, and do taxes apply to free builds?
- Is a Great Project's participation cost paid on top of the card cost, and do I get one reward per token?
- What if a failed Great Project makes me discard military tokens I do not have?
- When are Great Project results resolved, and can I contribute during recruitment?
- How do Babel tiles 3, 19, 22 and 20 work in tricky cases?
- How do Belvedere tokens and Nero interact with Great Projects?
- How does Babylon B work with Babel's Great Projects?
7 Wonders: EdificeExpansion
- Is Edifice compatible with the first edition of the base game?
- What happens when an Edifice project is not completed?
- How many Edifice contributions can I make, and how many players can join?
- If Carthage, Halicarnassus and other wonders all take from the discard pile, who goes first?
- How do Edifice's pair rewards, Artists' Guild and guild doubling score?
- Does Edifice's debt token only apply to coin penalties?